† adˈvoke, v. Obs.
[a. MFr. advoque-r, earlier avoque-r, ad. L. advocā-re to call to, f. ad to + vocāre to call. Cf. convoke, revoke, provoke, etc.]
To call to oneself, to summon. esp. To summon a cause to a higher from an inferior tribunal. The same as advocate v.1 in Sc. Law.
| 1533 Bp. Bonner in Froude Hist. Eng. II. 147 His Holiness..would not have advoked the matter at all, but been content that it should have been determined and ended in your realm. 1535 Shaxton in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1832) I. ii. lxi. 224 If yee advoking this matter into your hands, by that means bear the abbot in his evil dealing. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. v. 175 By this time Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the Pope, to advoke the cause to Rome. |